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Updated: June 5, 2025
Heroic forms glimmered over the remote crags and ravines, and Elpidias, whose little figure was seen standing at the edge of a cleft in the rocks, stretched his hands toward them, as if beseeching the vanishing gods for a solution of his fate. A mountain-peak now stood out clearly above the mysterious mist, gleaming like a torch over dark blue valleys.
Converse shortens the way, and I swear, by Hercules, never did I have to traverse such a horrid way." "Put questions, friend Elpidias! The question of one who seeks knowledge brings forth answers and produces conversation."
"I did not quarrel with you, friend Elpidias, and did not wish to say anything to insult you. I am merely accustomed to get at the truth of things by comparisons. My situation is not clear to me. You consider your situation better, and I should be glad to learn why. On the other hand, it would not hurt you to learn the truth, whatever shape it may take." "Well, no more of this."
"Speak, if your story is not too long and its purpose is good." "Its purpose is truth, friend Elpidias, and I will be brief. Once, you know, in ancient times, Miletus was exposed to the attacks of the barbarians. Among the youth who were seized was a son of the wisest and best of all the citizens in the land. His precious child was overtaken by a severe illness and became unconscious.
Did not Callenius steal bulls? Well, then, Elpidias, if it is true that he who has less virtue must do honour to him who has more, then you should not build altars to the Olympians, but they to you." "Blaspheme not, impious Socrates! Keep quiet! How dare you judge the acts of the gods?" "Friend, a higher power has judged them. Let us investigate the question. What is the mark of divinity?
Here there is no way, no path, not even a ray of light; nothing but a chaos of rocks, mist, and gloom." "True. But, my Elpidias, since you are aware of this sad truth, have you not asked yourself what is the most distressing thing in your present situation?" "Undoubtedly the dismal darkness." "Then one should seek for light.
The first man uncovered his face and exclaimed: "Is that you I just now saw, my good Socrates? Is that you passing by me in this cheerless place? I have already spent many hours here without knowing when day will relieve the night. I have been waiting in vain for the dawn." "Yes, I am Socrates, my friend, and you, are you not Elpidias who died three days before me?"
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